Accessibility
The site follows certain guidelines and standards to ensure that this site can be used effectively and as easily as possible by all users.
If you have any problems using this site for any reason, please contact us and let us know.
Guidelines and Standards
This site aims to comply to conformance level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints defined in the Guidelines. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Conformance to these Guidelines will help to make the web site more accessible to users with disabilities and will benefit all users. These guidelines are supported by the Government of Ireland and the European Commission (EC). Standards include using valid XHTML and CSS formats.
Listen to this site "Browsealoud"
What is Browsealoud?
Browsealoud is a speech enabling program that makes web content more accessible to anyone with reading difficulties. Browsealoud reads web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online. Reading large amounts of text on screen can be difficult for those with visual impairments; low literacy reading skills; where English is not the first language and the dyslexic community.
How Does Browsealoud Work?
When you move the cursor over text, Browsealoud will read that text out loud. Browsealoud not only speech enables the website content, it will also speak out loud the menus and hyperlinks, helping you navigate the website more easily.
Browsealoud Video Tour
Browsealoud Video Tour that explains the functionality of Browsealoud. Video Tour
Download
Browsealoud is free to download and you have control over the voice, word pronunciations and speech highlighting.
Download Browsealoud here...
Browsealoud currently supports IE4 upwards, Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape 4 upwards and safari.
Text size
This site uses 'relative sizing' which means you control the size of text in your web browser. You can change it by: going to the 'View' menu in your web browser, choosing the text option (or zoom in some browsers) from the menu then selecting a smaller or larger setting. This site is optimised for the default Internet Explorer setting of 'Medium'.
Access Keys
To use the access keys on Microsoft Windows based systems press the ALT key and the appropriate access key then "enter" to go to the corresponding page. On Macintosh systems use the CTRL key instead then 'Return'.
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